What Happened in Your State this August?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, New Mexico, New …
Negotiating What’s Possible: Advocating for Students
This is a guest blog by Erin O’Neill Armendarez, NCTE’s Higher Education Policy Analyst from New Mexico. Sometimes faculty are …
Student-Generated Questions, Part 2: What We Can Learn from Our Students’ Questions
This post was written by NCTE member Alexa Quinn, associated with the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. In …
Teaching Social Media Ethics Using Visual Rhetoric
This post was written by member Anne Mooney. Walking down the halls, sitting in my room before the bell, and …
Literacy is Everyone’s Job
The challenges of providing all students with equal access to high-quality literacy learning are vast, and one thing is certain—we …
Teaching Controversies: The Letter to the Editor
This post is written by student member Alex Dzurick. I teach an introductory writing and public speaking course for first-year college …
September 11, 20 Years Later
To mark the anniversary of the bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 and the memory …
Censorship Is Uncivil
“Censorship is uncivil,” notes David Moshman in a March 2015 interview in The Council Chronicle discussing NCTE Position Statement on …
The Latest Issue of College Composition and Communication
This post is written by member Jens Lloyd, editorial assistant for College Composition and Communication. College Composition and Communication (CCC) publishes …
Defending Books, Smart, Brave Teachers, and the Kids’ Right to Read
It takes a special person to devote her career to defending the First Amendment rights of others, and Joan Bertin …